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Baden-Württemberg

 

Baden-Württemberg, large coat of arms - vector image

 

25 Apr 1952               Baden-Württemberg

 

Minister-Presidents

25 Apr 1952 - 30 Sep 1953 Reinhold Maier .................... 1889-1971 FDP

01 Oct 1953 - 17 Dec 1958 Gebhard Müller .................... 1900-1990 CDU

17 Dec 1958 - 30 Nov 1966 Kurt Georg Kiesinger .............. 1904-1988 CDU

01 Dec 1966 - 30 Aug 1978 Hans Filbinger .................... 1913-2007 CDU

30 Aug 1978 - 22 Jan 1991 Lothar Späth ...................... 1937-     CDU

22 Jan 1991 - 21 Apr 2005 Erwin Teufel ...................... 1939-     CDU

21 Apr 2005 - 10 Feb 2010 Günther Oettinger ................. 1953-     CDU

10 Feb 2010 - 11 May 2011 Stefan Mappus ..................... 1966-     CDU

11 May 2011 -             Winfried Kretschmann .............. 1948-     G

 

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Württemberg-Hohenzollern

 

Wappen Württembergs 

 

13 Jul 1945               Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern

22 Jul 1947               Württemberg Hohenzollern

25 Apr 1952               Merged into Baden-Württemberg

 

State-presidents

16 Oct 1945 - 22 Jul 1947 Carlo Schmid ...................... 1896-1979

                          (1st Time)

22 Jul 1947 - 03 Aug 1948 Lorenz Bock ....................... 1883-1948

04 Aug      - 13 Aug 1948 Carlo Schmid

                          (2nd Time, acting)

13 Aug 1948 - 25 Apr 1952 Gebhard Müller .................... 1900-1990

 

Bayern (Bavaria)

 

Bavaria (Bayern), large coat of arms - vector image

 

28 May 1945 -             Freistaat Bayern

 

Minister-Presidents

28 May      - 28 Sep 1945 Friedrich Schäffer ................ 1888-1967

28 Sep 1945 - 21 Dec 1946 Wilhelm Hoegner ................... 1887-1980 SPD

                          (1st Time)

21 Sep 1946 - 14 Dec 1954 Hans Ehard ........................ 1887-1980 CSU

14 Dec 1954 - 16 Oct 1957 Wilhelm Hoegner (2nd Time)

16 Oct 1957 - 26 Jan 1960 Hanns Wendelin Seidel ............. 1901-1961 CSU

26 Jan 1960 - 11 Dec 1962 Hans Ehard (2nd Time)

11 Dec 1962 - 06 Nov 1978 Alfons Goppel ..................... 1905-1991 CSU

06 Nov 1978 - 03 Oct 1988 Franz Josef Strauss ............... 1915-1988 CSU

03 Oct 1988 - 28 May 1993 Maximilian Balthasar Streibl ...... 1932-1998 CSU

28 May 1993 - 09 Oct 2007 Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber ............ 1941-     CSU

09 Oct 2007 - 27 Oct 2008 Günther Beckstein ................. 1943-     CSU

27 Oct 2008 -             Horst Lorenz Seehofer ............. 1949-     CSU

 

 

Berlin

 

Berlin, coat of arms

 

01 Jan 1871               Imperial Capital

01 Oct 1920               Separated from Brandenburg province as Gross-Berlin

02 May 1945 - 02 Oct 1990 Divided into allied sectors

20 Oct 1946               Greater Berlin

30 Nov 1948 - 02 Oct 1990 Divided into East and West Berlin,

                           West Berlin closely affiliated,

                            but not legally part of West Germany

28 Aug 1961 - 09 Nov 1989 City divided by Berlin Wall

20 Jun 1991               Restored as German capital

 

Mayors

24 Jan 1991 - 16 Jun 2001 Eberhard Diepgen .................. 1941-     CDU

16 Jun 2001 - 11 Dec 2014 Klaus Wowereit .................... 1953-     SPD

11 Dec 2014 -             Michael Müller .................... 1964-     SPD

 

 

Brandenburg

 

Brandenburg, coat of arms

 

1701 - 1945               Prussian province

23 May 1945 - 02 Oct 1990 Part of East Germany

03 Oct 1990 -             State of Brandenburg

 

Minister-Presidents

03 Oct      - 31 Oct 1990 Jochen Wolf ....................... 1941-   SPD

                          (Landesbevollmächtigter)

01 Nov 1990 - 26 Jun 2002 Manfred Stolpe .................... 1935-   SPD

26 Jun 2002 - 28 Aug 2013 Matthias Platzeck ................. 1953-   SPD

28 Aug 2013 -             Dietmar Woidke .................... 1961-   SPD

 

 

Bremen

 

 

Bremen Wappen(Mittel).svg

 

First Mayors

04 May      - 01 Aug 1945 Erich Vagts ....................... 1896-1981 SPD

01 Aug 1945 - 20 Jul 1965 Wilhelm Kaisisen .................. 1887-1979 SPD

20 Jul 1965 - 28 Nov 1967 Wilhelm Dehnkamp .................. 1903-1985 SPD

28 Nov 1967 - 18 Sep 1985 Hans Koschnick .................... 1929-     SPD

18 Sep 1985 - 04 Jul 1995 Klaus Wedemeir .................... 1944-     SPD

04 Jul 1995 - 08 Nov 2005 Henning Schref .................... 1938-     SPD

08 Nov 2005 -             Jens Böhrnsen ..................... 1949-     SPD

 

 

Hamburg

 

Hamburg, medium coat of arms - vector image

 

06 Jun 1952               Free Hanseatic city

 

Minister-Presidents

15 May 1945 - 22 Nov 1946 Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen ........ 1879-1962

22 Nov 1946 - 02 Dec 1953 Maximilian Brauer ................. 1887-1973 SPD

                          (1st Time)

02 Dec 1953 - 04 Dec 1957 Kurt Sieveking .................... 1897-1986

04 Dec 1957 - 31 Jan 1960 Maximilian Brauer (2nd Time)

01 Jan 1961 - 09 Jun 1965 Paul Nevermann .................... 1902-1979 SPD

09 Jan 1965 - 16 Jun 1971 Herbert Weichmann ................. 1896-1983 SPD

16 Jun 1971 - 12 Nov 1974 Peter Schultz ..................... 1930-2013 SPD

12 Nov 1974 - 24 Jun 1981 Hans-Ulrich Klose                             SPD

24 Jun 1981 - 08 Jun 1988 Klaus von Dohnanyi                            SPD

08 Jun 1988 - 12 Nov 1997 Henning Voschereau                            SPD

12 Nov 1997 - 31 Oct 2001 Ortwin Runde                                  SPD

01 Nov 2001 - 25 Aug 2010 Carl-Friedrich Arp Ole,

                           Freiherr von Beust                           CDU

25 Aug 2010 - 07 Mar 2011 Christoph Ahlhaus                             CDU

07 Mar 2011 -             Olaf Scholz ....................... 1958-     SPD

 

 

Hessen

 

Hesse (Hessen), coat of arms

 

19 Sep 1945               Land Hesse

01 Dec 1946               Hessen

07 Sep 1949               Part of Federal Republic of Germany

 

Minister-Presidents

19 Sep      - 16 Oct 1945 Ludwig Bergsträsser ............... 1883-1960

16 Oct 1945 - 20 Dec 1946 Karl Hermann Geiler ............... 1878-1953

20 Dec 1946 - 14 Dec 1950 Christian Stock ................... 1884-1967 SPD

14 Dec 1950 - 03 Oct 1969 Georg August Zinn ................. 1901-1976 SPD

03 Oct 1969 - 12 Oct 1976 Albert Osswald .................... 1919-1996 SPD

12 Oct 1976 - 23 Apr 1987 Holger Börner ..................... 1931-2006 SPD

23 Apr 1987 - 05 Apr 1991 Walter Wallmann ................... 1932-2013 CDU

05 Oct 1991 - 07 Apr 1999 Hans Eichel ....................... 1941-     SPD

07 Apr 1999 - 31 Aug 2010 Roland Koch ....................... 1958-     CDU

01 Sep 2010 -             Volker Bouffier ................... 1951-     CDU

 

 

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

 

  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania), coat of arms

     1948-1952                 1990-

 

01 Jan 1934               Gau (see here)

       1945 - 02 Oct 1990 Within East Germany

31 Jul 1945               Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

01 Mar 1947               Mecklenburg

23 Jul 1952 - 02 Oct 1990 State abolished

03 Oct 1990 -             Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

 

Leaders of the State Administration

   May      - 18 Jun 1945 Eduard Friedrich Stratmann ........ 1875-1952 CDU

18 Jun      -    Jun 1945 Hans Jess ......................... 1887-1975 LPD

   Jun      - 09 Jul 1945 Reinhold Lobedanz ................. 1880-1955 CDU

Minister-Presidents

27 Oct 1990 - 19 Mar 1992 Alfred Gomolka .................... 1942-     CDU

19 Mar 1992 - 03 Nov 1998 Berndt Seite ...................... 1940-     CDU

03 Nov 1998 - 06 Oct 2008 Harald Ringsdorff ................. 1939-     SPD

06 Oct 2008 -             Erwin Sellering ................... 1949-     SPD

 

 

Niedersachsen

 

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), coat of arms

 

09 Dec 1946               Merger of Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Hannover

                           into Neidersachsen

 

Minister-Presidents

09 Dec 1946 - 26 May 1955 Heinrich Wilhelm Kopf ............ 1893-1961 SPD

                          (1st Time)

26 May 1955 - 12 May 1959 Heinrich Peter Hellwege .......... 1908-1991

12 May 1959 - 21 Dec 1961 Heinrich Wilhelm Kopf

                          (2nd Time)

29 Dec 1961 - 08 Jul 1970 Georg Diederichs ................. 1900-1983 SPD

08 Jul 1970 - 06 Feb 1976 Alfred Kubel ..................... 1909-1999 SPD

06 Feb 1976 - 21 Jun 1990 Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht ....... 1930-2014 CDU

21 Jul 1990 - 28 Oct 1998 Gerhard Friedrich Kurt Schröder .. 1944-     SPD

28 Oct 1998 - 15 Oct 1999 Gerhard Glogowski ................ 1959-     SPD

15 Oct 1999 - 04 Mar 2003 Sigmar Gabriel ................... 1959-     CDU

04 Mar 2003 - 30 Jun 2010 Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulf .... 1959-     CDU

01 Jul 2010 - 19 Feb 2013 David James McAllister ........... 1971-     CDU

19 Feb 2013 -             Stephan Weil ..................... 1958-     SPD

 

 

Nordrhein-Westfalen

 

North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), coat of arms

 

20 Jun 1945 - 24 Jul 1946 Nordrhein formed from former Prussian Rheinland province

07 Jun 1945 - 23 Aug 1946 Westfalen formed from former Prussian Westfalen province

23 Aug 1946               Nordrhein and Westfalen merged to form Nordrhein-Westfalen

07 Sep 1949               Part of Federal Republic of Germany

 

Oberpräsident of Nordrhein

04 Jul      - 02 Oct 1945 Hans Fuchs ....................... 1874-1956

02 Oct 1945 - 24 Jul 1946 Robert Lehr ...................... 1883-1956 CDU

Oberpräsident of Westfalen

07 Jun 1945 - 23 Aug 1946 Rudolf Amelunxen ................. 1888-1969

Minister-Presidents

23 Aug 1946 - 16 Jun 1947 Rudolf Amelunxen

17 Jun 1947 - 20 Feb 1956 Karl Arnold ...................... 1901-1958 CDU

20 Feb 1956 - 21 Jul 1958 Friedrich Steinhoff .............. 1897-1969 SPD

21 Jul 1958 - 08 Dec 1966 Franz Meyers ..................... 1908-2002 CDU

08 Dec 1966 - 20 Sep 1978 Heinz Kühn ....................... 1912-1992 SPD

20 Sep 1978 - 27 May 1998 Johannes Rau ..................... 1931-2006 SPD

27 May 1998 - 22 Oct 2002 Wolfgang Clement ................. 1940-     SPD

22 Oct      - 06 Nov 2002 Michael Vesper ................... 1952-     G

                          (acting)

06 Nov 2002 - 22 Jun 2005 Peer Steinbrück .................. 1947-     SPD

22 Jun 2005 - 14 Jul 2010 Jürgen Rüttgers .................. 1951-     CDU

14 Jul 2010 -             Hannelore Kraft .................. 1961-     SPD

 

 

Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), coat of arms

 

15 Jun 1945               Rheinland-Hessen-Nassau province

01 Dec 1946 -             State of Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Minister-Presidents

19 Nov 1945 - 09 Jul 1947 Wilhelm Boden .................... 1890-1961 CDU

09 Jul 1947 - 19 May 1969 Peter Altmeier ................... 1899-1977 CDU

19 May 1969 - 02 Dec 1976 Helmut Josef Michael Kohl ........ 1930-     CDU

02 Dec 1976 - 08 Dec 1988 Bernhard Vogel ................... 1932-     CDU

08 Dec 1988 - 21 May 1991 Carl-Ludwig Wagner ............... 1930-2012 CDU

21 May 1991 - 26 Oct 1994 Rudolf Scharping ................. 1947-     SPD

26 Oct 1994 - 16 Jan 2013 Kurt Beck ........................ 1949-     SPD

16 Jan 2013 -             Marie-Louise "Malu" Dreyer ....... 1961-     SPD

 

 

Saarland

 

Saarland, coat of arms

 

11 Nov 1918 - 26 Feb 1920 French occupation

26 Feb 1920               Under League of Nations administration

01 Mar 1935               Re-incorporated into Germany after a

                           plebliscite with 90.73% in favour

31 Jul 1945 - 31 Dec 1956 French administration

23 Oct 1955               Referendum results in 67% against proposed

                           independence under West European Union protection

01 Jan 1957               Re-incorporated into Germany

 

Minister-Presidents

04 May 1945 - 06 Oct 1946 Hans Neureuter ................... 1901-1953

07 Oct 1946 - 15 Dec 1947 Erwin Müller ..................... 1906-1968

15 Dec 1947 - 30 Oct 1955 Johannes Hoffmann ................ 1890-1967

30 Oct 1955 - 10 Jan 1956 Heinrich Welsch .................. 1888-1976

10 Jan 1956 - 04 Jun 1957 Hubert Ney ....................... 1892-1984 CDU

04 Jun 1957 - 23 Apr 1959 Egon Reinhard .................... 1908-1959 CDU

23 Apr 1959 - 26 Jul 1979 Franz Josef Röder ................ 1909-1979 CDU

26 Jul 1979 - 09 Apr 1985 Werner Zeyer ..................... 1929-2000 CDU

09 Apr 1985 - 10 Nov 1998 Oskar Lafontaine ................. 1943-     SPD

10 Nov 1998 - 30 Sep 1999 Reihard Klimt .................... 1942-     SPD

01 Oct 1999 - 10 Aug 2011 Peter Aloysius Müller ............ 1955-     CDU

10 Aug 2011 -             Annegret Kramp-Karrebauer ........ 1962-     CDU

 

 

Sachsen (Saxony)

 

Saxony (Sachsen), coat of arms

 

14 Mar 1919               Freistaat Sachsen (Free State of Saxony)

07 Oct 1949 - 02 Oct 1990 Part of East Germany

03 Oct 1990 -             State recontructed

 

Minister-Presidents

27 Oct 1990 - 18 Apr 2002 Kurt Hans Biedenkopf ............. 1930-     CDU

18 Apr 2002 - 28 May 2008 Georg Milbrandt .................. 1945-     CDU

28 May 2008 -             Stanislaw Tillich ................ 1959-     CDU

 

 

Sachsen-Anhalt

 

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt), coat of arms

 

23 Jul 1945               Province under East Germany

21 Jul 1947               State

23 Jul 1952 - 02 Oct 1990 State dissolved, becomes Halle and Magdeburg districts

03 Oct 1990 -             Federal State

 

Minister-Presidents

28 Oct 1990 - 04 Jul 1991 Gerd Gies ........................ 1943-     CDU

04 Jul 1991 - 02 Dec 1993 Werner Muench .................... 1940-     CDU

02 Dec 1993 - 21 Jun 1994 Christoph Bergner ................ 1948-     CDU

21 Jun 1994 - 16 May 2002 Reinhard Hoeppner ................ 1948-2014 SPD

16 May 2002 - 19 Apr 2011 Wolfgang Böhhmer ................. 1936-     CDU

19 Apr 2011 -             Rainer Haseloff .................. 1954-     CDU

 

 

Schleswig-Holstein

 

Schleswig-Holstein, coat of arms

 

1864 - 1946               Prussian Province

23 Aug 1946 -             Federal State

 

Minister-Presidents

14 May      - 15 Nov 1945 Otto Hoevermann .................. 1888-1953

15 Nov 1945 - 29 Apr 1947 Theodor Hans Steltzer ............ 1885-1967 CDU

29 Apr 1947 - 29 Aug 1949 Hermann Ludemann ................. 1880-1959 SPD

29 Aug 1949 - 05 Sep 1950 Bruno Diekmann ................... 1897-1982 SPD

05 Sep 1950 - 25 Jun 1951 Walter Bartram ................... 1893-1971 CDU

25 Jun 1951 - 02 Oct 1954 Friedrich Wilhelm Lübke .......... 1887-1954 CDU

02 Oct 1954 - 14 Jun 1963 Kai-Uwe von Hassel ............... 1913-1997 CDU

14 Jan 1963 - 24 May 1971 Helmut Lemke ..................... 1907-1990 CDU

24 May 1971 - 14 Oct 1982 Gerhard Stoltenburg .............. 1928-2001 CDU

14 Oct 1982 - 02 Oct 1987 Uwe Barschel ..................... 1944-1987 CDU

02 Oct 1987 - 31 May 1988 Henning Schwatz .................. 1928-1993 CDU

01 Jun 1988 - 19 May 1993 Björn Engholm .................... 1939-     SPD

19 May 1993 - 27 Apr 2005 Heide Simonis .................... 1943-     SPD

27 Apr 2005 - 12 Jun 2012 Peter Heinrich Carstensen ........ 1947-     CDU

12 Jun 2012 -             Torsten Albig .................... 1963-     SDP

 

 

Thüringen

 

Thuringia (Thuringen), coat of arms

     1990-

 

14 Jul 1919               Reuss and the Saxon Duchies united as Thüringen

01 May 1920               Freistaat Thüringen (Free State of Thuringia)

07 Oct 1949 - 02 Oct 1990 Part of East Germany

03 Oct 1990               State of Thuringia

23 Nov 1993 -             Free State of Thuringia

 

Minister-presidents

03 Oct 1990 - 05 Feb 1992 Josef Duchak ..................... 1938-     CDU

                          (Landesbevollmachtigter to 08 Oct 1990)

05 Feb 1992 - 05 Jun 2003 Bernhard Vogel ................... 1932-     CDU

05 Jun 2003 - 30 Oct 2009 Dieter Althaus ................... 1958-     CDU

30 Oct 2009 - 05 Dec 2014 Christine Lieberknecht ........... 1958-     CDU

05 Dec 2014 -             Bodo Ramelow ..................... 1956-     PDS

 

Major Cities from 1945
Aachen 
 
Aachen (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
31 Oct 1944 - 25 Mar 1945 Franz Oppenhoff ................. 1902-1945
25 Mar      - 31 Dec 1945 Wilhelm Rombach
                          (acting)
01 Jan      - 1946        Ludwig Kuhnen
   Apr 1946 - 1952        Albrecht Maas ................... 1888-1970
1952 - 1973               Hermann Heusch .................. 1906-1981
       1973 - 18 Oct 1989 Kurt Malangré ................... 1934-
18 Oct 1989 - 21 Oct 2009 Jürgen Linden ................... 1947-
21 Oct 2009 -             Marcel Philipp .................. 1971-
 
 
Bonn
 
Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
1814                      Part of Prussia
1949 - 1991               West German capital
 
Oberbürgermeister
   May 1945 - 26 Oct 1948 Eduard Spoelgen ................. 1877-1975
26 Oct 1948 - 16 Nov 1951 Peter Stockhausen ............... 1898-1985 CDU
16 Nov 1951 - 22 Nov 1956 Peter Maria Busen ............... 1904-1964 CDU
22 Nov 1956 - 31 Jul 1969 Wilhelm Daniels ................. 1903-1977 CDU
01 Aug      - 08 Nov 1969 Franz Meyers .................... 1908-2002 CDU
                          (Regierungskommissar)
20 Nov 1969 - 21 May 1975 Peter Kraemer ................... 1901-1990 CDU
21 May 1975 - 03 Nov 1994 Hans Daniels .................... 1934-     CDU
03 Nov 1994 - 21 Oct 2009 Bärbel Dieckmann ................ 1950-     SPD
21 Oct 2009 -             Jürgen Nimptsch ................. 1954-     SPD
 
 
Dortmund
 
Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
13 Apr 1945 - 08 Feb 1946 Hermann Ostrop .................. 1888-1963
       1946               Wilhelm Hansmann ................ 1886-1963
       1946               Herbert Scholtissek ............. 1900-1979
       1946 - 04 Dec 1953 Friedrich Henssler .............. 1886-1953
19 Jan 1954 - 20 Jan 1969 Dietrich Keuning ................ 1909-1980
20 Jan 1969 - 29 Jan 1973 Heinrich Sondermann ............. 1928-1986
12 Feb 1973 - 30 Sep 1999 Günther Samrlebe ................ 1926-2011
01 Oct 1999 - 21 Oct 2009 Gerhard Langemeyer .............. 1944-
21 Oct 2009 - 18 Jan 2010 Ullrich Sierau (1st Time) ....... 1956-
18 Jan      - 18 May 2010 Siegfried Pogadl ................ 1950-
18 May 2010 -             Ullrich Sierau
                          (2nd Time)
Dresden 
 
Dresden (Saxony), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
02 Oct 1990 - 31 Jul 2001 Herbert Wagner .................. 1948-     CDU
01 Aug 2001 - 07 Aug 2008 Ingolf Roßberg .................. 1961-     FDP
16 May 2006 - 07 Aug 2008 Lutz Vogel ...................... 1949-
                          (acting for suspended Rossberg)
07 Aug 2008 -             Helma Ulrika Orosz .............. 1953-     CDU
 
 
Duisburg
 
Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
Mayors
16 Apr 1945 - 05 Sep 1947 Heinrich Weitz .................. 1890-1962
05 Sep 1947 - 09 Nov 1948 Leo Storm ....................... 1908-1981
09 Nov 1948 - 30 Nov 1969 August Seeling .................. 1906-1998
01 Dec 1969 - 31 Dec 1974 Arnold Masselter ................ 1922-1984
01 Jan      - 04 Mar 1975 Ernst Ermert .................... 1918-1988
                          (acting)
12 May 1975 - 01 Jul 1997 Josef Krings .................... 1926-
01 Jul 1997 - 14 Oct 2004 Bärbel Zieling .................. 1949-
14 Oct 2004 - 15 Feb 2012 Adolf Sauerland ................. 1955-
15 Feb      - 04 Jul 2012 Peter Greulich .................. 1957-
                          + Benno Lensdorf ................ 1943-
04 Jul 2012 -             Sören Link ...................... 1976-
 
 
Düsseldorf
 
Dusseldorf (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
17 Apr      - 30 Sep 1945 Wilhelm Füllenbach .............. 1887-1948
01 Oct 1945 -    Feb 1946 Walter Kolb ..................... 1902-1956
   Feb 1946 - 04 Jul 1947 Karl Arnold ..................... 1901-1958
04 Jul 1947 - 10 Nov 1956 Josef Gockeln ................... 1900-1958
10 Nov 1956 - 06 Dec 1959 Georg Glock ..................... 1891-1959
08 Jan 1960 - 28 Mar 1961 Wilhelm Becker (1st Time) ....... 1918-1977
28 Mar      - 17 Nov 1961 Friedrich Vomfelde .............. 1900-1961
17 Nov 1961 -    Oct 1964 Peter Müller .................... 1916-2005
   Oct 1964 -    Sep 1974 Wilhelm Becker (2nd Time)
   Sep 1974 -    Oct 1979 Klaus Bungert (1st Time) ........ 1926-2006
   Oct 1979 -    Oct 1984 Josef Kurten .................... 1928-2010
   Oct 1984 - 03 Nov 1994 Klaus Bungert (2nd Time)
03 Nov 1994 - 01 Oct 1999 Marie-Luise Smeets .................. 1936-
01 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2008 Joachim Erwin ................... 1949-2008
20 May      - 02 Sep 2008 Helmut Rattenhuber .............. 1946-
                          (acting)
02 Sep 2008 -             Dirk Elbers ..................... 1959-
 
 
Essen
 
Essen (North Rhine-Westphalia), coat of arms - vector image
 
Mayors
20 May 1945 - 06 Feb 1946 Hugo Rosendahl .................. 1884-1964 DZ
06 Feb      - 30 Oct 1946 Heinz Renner .................... 1892-1964 KPD
30 Oct 1946 - 04 Dec 1949 Gustav Walter Heinemann ......... 1899-1976 CDU
04 Dec 1949 - 08 Nov 1956 Hans Toussaint .................. 1902-1977 CDU
08 Nov 1956 - 26 Nov 1969 Wilhelm Niedwandt ............... 1898-1978 SPD
26 Nov 1969 - 19 Oct 1984 Horst Katzor .................... 1918-1998 SPD
19 Oct 1984 - 18 Oct 1989 Peter Reuschenbach .............. 1935-2007 SPD
18 Oct 1989 - 01 Oct 1999 Annette Jäger ................... 1937-     SPD
01 Oct 1999 - 21 Oct 2009 Wolfgang Reiniger ............... 1944-     CDU
21 Oct 2009 -             Reinhard Paß .................... 1954-     SPD
 
 
Frankfurt am Main
 
Frankfurt am Main (Hesse), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
30 Mar      - 04 Jul 1945 Wilhelm Hollbach ................ 1893-1962
                          (acting)
04 Jul 1945 - 01 Aug 1946 Kurt Blaum ...................... 1884-1970 CDU
01 Aug 1946 - 20 Sep 1956 Walter Kolb ..................... 1902-1956 SPD
10 Jan 1957 - 02 Jul 1964 Werner Bockelmann ............... 1907-1968 SPD
02 Jul 1964 - 07 May 1970 Wilhelm Brundert ................ 1912-1970 SDP
11 Jun 1970 - 16 Nov 1971 Walter Moller ................... 1920-1971 SPD
06 Apr 1972 - 15 Jun 1977 Rudi Arndt ...................... 1927-2004 SPD
15 Jun 1977 -    Jun 1986 Walter Wallmann
14 Aug 1986 - 15 Jun 1989 Wolfram Brück ................... 1937-     CDU
15 Jun 1989 - 08 May 1991 Volfer Hauff .................... 1940-     SPD
08 May 1991 - 05 Jul 1995 Andreas von Schoeler ............ 1948-     SPD
05 Jul 1995 - 28 Jun 2012 Petra Roth ...................... 1944-     CDU
28 Jun 2012 -             Peter Feldmann .................. 1958-     SPD
 
 
Hannover
 
Hannover (Lower Saxony), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
11 Apr 1945 - 29 Jan 1946 Gustav Bratke ................... 1878-1952 SPS
29 Jan      - 26 Oct 1946 Franz Henkel .................... 1882-1959 FDP
26 Oct 1946 - 28 Nov 1956 Wilhelm Weber ................... 1879-1961 SPD
28 Nov 1956 - 26 Jan 1972 August Weber .................... 1905-1989 SPD
26 Jan 1972 - 31 Oct 2006 Herbert Schmalstieg ............. 1943-     SPD
01 Nov 2006 - 19 Feb 2013 Stephan Weil .................... 1958-     SPD
19 Feb 2013 -             Hans Mönninghoff ................ 1950-     SPD
 
 
Koln 
 
Wappen der Stadt Köln
 
Oberbürgermeister
16 Mar      - 04 May 1945 Wilhelm Suth .................... 1881-1956 CDU
04 May      - 06 Oct 1945 Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer ... 1876-1967 CDU
06 Oct 1945 - 31 May 1948 Hermann Josef Pünder ............ 1888-1976 CDU
01 Jun      - 15 Nov 1948 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering ....... 1886-1962 CDU
                          (1st Time)
15 Nov 1948 - 09 Dec 1949 Robert Johann Görlinger ......... 1888-1954 SPD
                          (1st Time)
09 Dec 1949 - 23 Nov 1950 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering
                          (2nd Time)
23 Nov 1950 - 08 Nov 1951 Robert Johann Görlinger
                          (2nd Time)
08 Nov 1951 - 09 Nov 1956 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering
                          (3rd Time)
09 Nov 1956 - 17 Dec 1973 Theo Burauen .................... 1906-1987 SPD
20 Dec 1973 - 28 Oct 1980 John van Nes Ziegler ............ 1921-2006 SPD
28 Oct 1980 - 30 Sep 1999 Norbert Burger .................. 1932-2012 SPD
01 Oct 1999 - 17 Mar 2000 Heinrich Blum ................... 1944-2000 CDU
                          (acting)
17 Mar 2000 - 21 Oct 2009 Friedrich Schramma .............. 1947-     SPD
21 Oct 2009 -             Jürgen Roters ................... 1949-     SPD
 
 
Leipzig
 
Leipzig (Saxony), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
06 Jun 1990 - 30 Jun 1998 Heinrich Lehmann-Grube .......... 1932-     SPD
30 Jun 1998 - 22 Nov 2005 Wolfgang Erwin Bernhard Tiefensee 1955-     SPD
22 Nov 2005 - 29 Mar 2006 Andreas Müller .................. 1955-     SPD
29 Mar 2006 -             Burkhard Jung ................... 1958-     SPD
 
 
München
 
Munich (Bavaria), small coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
04 May 1945 - 30 Jun 1948 Karl Scharnagl .................. 1881-1963 CSU
01 Jul 1948 - 30 Jun 1960 Thomas Wimmer ................... 1887-1964 SPD
01 Jul 1960 - 30 Jun 1972 Hans-Jochen Vogel ............... 1926-     SPD
01 Jul 1972 - 30 Apr 1978 Georg Kronawitter ............... 1928-     SPD
                          (1st Time)
01 May 1978 - 30 Apr 1984 Erich Kiesl ..................... 1930-2013 CSU
01 May 1984 - 30 Jun 1993 Georg Kronawitter
                          (2nd Time)
01 Jul 1993 -             Christian Ude ................... 1947-     SPD
 
 
Stuttgart
 
Stuttgart (Baden-Wьrttemberg), coat of arms - vector image
 
Oberbürgermeister
23 Apr 1945 - 14 Aug 1974 Arnulf Klett .................... 1905-1974
14 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1996 Manfred Rommel .................. 1928-2013 CDU
01 Jan 1997 - 07 Jan 2013 Wolfgang Schuster ............... 1949-     CDU
07 Jan 2013 -             Friedrich Kuhn .................. 1955-     G
 
CDU=Christlich Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic, Consevative)
CSU=Chrstlich-Soziale Union (Christian Democratic, Bavarian local CDU)
SPD=Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic)
FDP=Freie Demokranische Partei (Liberal)
PDS=Die Linke/Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Socialist)
G=Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Enviromentalist)

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